Restaurant Manager Hotel

Lavoro Hospitality; St Albans; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday including bank holiday

Job summary

Lavoro Hospitality is seeking a Restaurant Manager for a luxury hotel in Hertfordshire. The role centers on delivering high standards of service across breakfast, lunch and dinner for hotel guests, corporate groups and external customers.

You will train staff, manage the assistant manager and supervisors to maintain standards, and work on developing the restaurant product and marketing efforts. Strong leadership and fine dining experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a restaurant management role is essential.
• Must have previous fine dining experience and worked to AA standards.
• Good knowledge of food and wines.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to motivate and train staff.
• Able to work to deadlines.
• Able to work within budgets.

Responsibilities

• Train staff to the correct level and manage the assistant managers and supervisors to maintain standards.
• Develop the restaurant product and lead the team to deliver excellent service.
• Be involved in marketing strategy and commercially promote the restaurant.
• Ensure the team have excellent product knowledge of all menus.
• Set, implement and maintain restaurant SOPs.

Skills

Leadership

Staff training

Communication

Budgeting

Upselling

Job description

Our client is looking for a Restaurant Manager for their luxury hotel in Hertfordshire. The property is high profile, serving quality cuisine at 2 rosette level, to customers in a formal environment. The restaurant is set within a hotel and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to hotel guests, corporate groups and external customers.

The Restaurant Managers focus will be the consistent delivery of high standards of service and as such a key area of responsibility will be training staff to the correct level and managing the assistant manager and supervisors to ensure that service standards remain the same when the successful candidate is off.

The Restaurant Manager Role

• Have the drive to develop the restaurant product and the people around you.
• Ensure the team have a natural passion for delivering great service and entrepreneurial drive for up-selling
• Be involved in the marketing strategy and be commercially aware in promoting the restaurant.
• Ensure the team have excellent product knowledge of all menus.
• Performance management of the team through, training, coaching and support.
• Set, implement and maintain restaurant SOPs.
• You should have strong leadership qualities, be a good communicator and very ambitious in nature

Experience and Skills required

• Experience in a restaurant management role is essential
• Must have previous fine dining experience and worked to AA standards
• Good knowledge of food and wines
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to motivate and train staff
• Able to work to deadlines
• Able to work within budgets

My client is offering the successful Restaurant Manager a salary between £35,000 and £38,000 plus tips

• 5 out of 7 days.
• 28 Days Holiday including bank holidays